njuolgat

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńuolkëtē. Equivalent to njuolga +‎ -at.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈɲuo̯lːkah(t)/

Adjective

njuolgat (comparative njuolggat or njuolgadit, superlative njuolggamus or njuolgadeamos)

  1. straight
  2. direct
  3. morally upright

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Attributive njūlges
njuolga
Nominative njuolgat
Genitive njuolgada
Attributive njūlges
njuolga
Singular Plural
Nominative njuolgat njuolgadat
Accusative njuolgada njuolgadiid
Genitive njuolgada njuolgadiid
Illative njuolgadii njuolgadiidda
Locative njuolgadis njuolgadiin
Comitative njuolgadiin njuolgadiiguin
Essive njuolgadin

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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